1999 in Nordic music

none March 2025 1999 1999 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1999. Events 12 January – Guitarist Fredrik Johansson leaves the Swedish band Dark Tranquillity, saying he wishes to spend more time with his family.Azevedo Pedro CoC : Dark Tranquillity : Interview : 5/25/2000 http://chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=1-279 12 November 2024 chroniclesofchaos.com 26 March – At the 26th Vossajazz in Norway, Helge Lilletvedt receives the festival prize.https://vossajazz.no/vossa-jazz-prisen/ Vossajazz 30 December 2014 Norwegian Vossajazz 16 March 2025 2 May – Rued Langgaard's only opera, Antikrist, composed in the 1920s, is premiėred at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, nearly 50 years after Langgaard's death.https://deutscheoperberlin.de/en_EN/production/antikrist.1357666 Antikrist Deutsche Oper Berlin 15 March 2025 19 May – The 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Jerusalem, is won by Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson, with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven". 26 October – Sandstorm, an instrumental track by Finnish DJ Darude, is released as a single by 16 Inch Records. Its success in Finland leads to it subsequently being released worldwide and recognised as an outstanding dance single.Andrea Domanick Andrew Unterberger Elias Leight Eric Renner Brown Jason Lipshutz Joe Lynch Kat Bein Katie Bein Krystal Rodriguez Lily Moayeri Melinda Newman Thomas Smith Zei McCarthy https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-dance-songs-all-time/ The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time: Staff List Billboard 28 March 2025 6 April 2025 unknown date – The Norwegian/Swedish jazz band Atomic is formed by leading musicians including Magnus Broo, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Håvard Wiik.http://www.ballade.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005060713302073345387 Scandinavian jazz masters Atomic set to play the Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Ballade.no dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070314105527/http://www.ballade.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005060713302073345387 2007-03-14 Classical works Magnus Lindberg CantigasLindberg Magnus Magnus Lindberg 1999 Cantigas Boosey & Hawkes http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Magnus-Lindberg-Cantigas/3867 19 July 2016 Cello Concerto No. 1Lindberg Magnus Magnus Lindberg 1999 Cello Concerto No.1 Boosey & Hawkes http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Magnus-Lindberg-Cello-Concerto-No-1/4115 30 May 2016 Einojuhani Rautavaara – Symphony No. 8 Film and television scores Georg Kajanus – Gendernautshttps://www.kajanus.com/kajanusbiog.html Biography Kajanus 18 April 2025 Javed Kurd – Nytt på nytthttps://musescore.com/user/9986901/scores/5739715 Nytt på nytt Musescore 16 March 2025 Anssi Tikanmäki sv – JuhaHolden, Stephen http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/176591/Juha/overview Juha (1999) The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20090830050218/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/176591/Juha/overview 16 March 2025 30 August 2009 Top hit singles Aikakone – "Anna mun bailaa" (#1 Finland) Apulanta – "Hallaa" (#1 Finland) Jake Nyman 2005 Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja 1st Tammi Helsinki 951-31-2503-3 Finnish A-Teens – "Mamma Mia" (#1 Sweden, Denmark; #3 Norway)New Releases – For Week Starting 23 August, 1999: Singles Music Week 29 21 August 1999 Björk – "All Is Full of Love" (#24 UK) Children of Bodom – "Downfall" (#1 Finland)https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Downfall&cat=s Children of Bodom - Downfall 15 March 2025 finnishcharts.com Don Huonot – "Tule sellaisena kuin olet" (#1 Finland) Markoolio – "Vi drar till fjällen" (#1 Sweden, #4 Norway)https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1999&dspp=1 Årslista Singlar, År 1999 Sverigetopplistan Swedish 11 May 2020 Nightwish – "Sacrament of Wilderness" (#1 Finland)"Sacrament of Wilderness" single https://finnishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=1999&date=199910&cat=s 15 March 2025 Charlotte Nilsson – "Take Me to Your Heaven" (#2 Sweden, #5 Norway)https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Charlotte&titel=Take+Me+to+Your+Heaven&cat=s CHARLOTTE - TAKE ME TO YOUR HEAVEN Swedishcharts 15 March 2025 Martin – "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow" (#1 Sweden)http://www.hitparad.se/showitem.asp?interpret=Martin&titel=(Du+%E4r+s%E5)+yeah+yeah,+wow+wow&cat=s MARTIN - (DU ÄR SÅ) YEAH YEAH, WOW WOW (LÅT) hitparad.se 15 March 2025 https://archive.today/20120525104142/http://www.hitparad.se/showitem.asp?interpret=Martin&titel=(Du+%E4r+s%E5)+yeah+yeah,+wow+wow&cat=s 2012-05-25 Sonata Arctica – "UnOpened" (#16 Finland)http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=Sonata+Arctica Finnish charts portal finnishcharts.com 15 March 2025 Eurovision Song Contest Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 Births 16 February – Girl in Red (Marie Ulven Ringheim)https://www.nme.com/big-reads/girl-in-red-interview-nme-100-2020-star-2592144 The Big Read – Girl In Red: "World domination. That's what I want" Trendell Andrew 3 January 2020 NME 10 January 2020 15 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211115144852/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/girl-in-red-interview-nme-100-2020-star-2592144 live 23 April – Laufey, Icelandic singer and songwriterMarch 2025 22 July – Alma Agger, Danish singerMarch 2025 Deaths 16 February Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947; lung cancer)https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bj%C3%B6rn-afzelius-mn0000541960/biography Björn Afzelius – Biography & History AllMusic 8 December 2017 Johan Kvandal, Norwegian composer (born 1919)Johan Kvandal Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Nils Grinde Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo https://nbl.snl.no/Johan_Kvandal no 2009-02-13 25 March 2017 8 March – Hans Eklund, Swedish composerhttps://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/eklund-hans Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Eklund, Hans Nicolas Slonimsky Laura Kuhn Dennis McIntire 2001 14 March – Marius Müller, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, car crash (born 1958)https://snl.no/Marius_M%C3%BCller Marius Müller Store Norske Leksikon Jon Vidar Bergan Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2016-04-27 27 March 2017 28 March – Jens Book Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (born 1910).http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Jens_Book_Jenssen/utdypning Jens Book Jenssen Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Svend Erik Løken Larsen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 10 March 2017 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (born 1924).https://nbl.snl.no/Gunnar_Brunvoll Gunnar Brunvoll Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Bjørn Simensen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 6 May 2017 27 June – Einar Englund, Finnish composer (born 1916)https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-einar-englund-1105147.html Einar Englund 8 July 1999 Martin Anderson Independent 15 March 2025 21 July – Arne Sletsjøe, Norwegian violist (born 1916).Arne Sletsjøe Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo https://snl.no/Arne_Sletsj%C3%B8e Norwegian 2015-09-05 20 March 2017 8 September – Birgit Cullberg, Swedish choreographer (born 1908)Cullberg Birgit Birgit Ragnhild Cullberg Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon 3 August 1908 https://skbl.se/en/article/BirgitCullberg 27 February 2024 4 October – Erik "Grim" Brødreskift, Norwegian black metal drummer (born 1969; suicide)https://metalstorm.net/bands/bandmember.php?member_id=394 Erik Brødreskift Metal Storm 15 March 2025 4 December – Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945; congestive heart failure)https://www.hs.fi/ihmisia/art-2000003847262.html Jazzmuusikko Edward Vesala 6 December 1999 Helsingin Sanomat fi 16 March 2025 References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music